Goldstein cites three ways Biden has made a difference. By publicly indicating his support for same-sex marriage before that was the Obama Administration position, he broke the logjam. Recently, Biden has served as the administration’s point person on gun control and continues to pushthe issue even after the opposition to any significant gun law change seems to have prevailed. And Biden has established himself with an ability to continue working across the aisle even in the face of partisan gridlock. Write Goldstein:

Goldstein mentions Walter Mondale as the breakthrough figure who created the modern institution of the modern relevant vice presidency, but he doesn’t mention Dick Cheney, whom many view as a figure of towering importance in the first term of George W. Bush.

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Veteran journalist Eric Black writes Eric Black Ink for MinnPost. His latest award is from the Society of Professional Journalists, which in May 2017 announced he'd won the national Sigma Delta Chi Award for online column writing.